The Seiberling Mansion is a historic house located at Kokomo, Indiana, United States. In 1887, Monroe Seiberling of Akron, Ohio, traveled to Kokomo to open the Kokomo Strawboard Company, which would make shoe boxes out of straw and employ seventy-five people. Within six months, Seiberling, uncle of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company founder Frank Seiberling, sold the Kokomo Strawboard Company and opened the Diamond Plate Glass Company.[2] He began construction on his mansion in October 1889 at a cost of $50,000, with construction ending within two years. The mansion is built in a mixture of Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival styles.[3][4]
Seiberling Mansion | |
 Front of the mansion | |
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| Location | 1200 W. Sycamore St., Kokomo, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 40°29′13″N 86°8′39″W / 40.48694°N 86.14417°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1889 |
| Architect | Arthur Labelle; Ike V. Smith |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000006[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1971 |
In 1972, the Seiberling Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] It is located in the Old Silk Stocking Historic District.
The mansion is owned by the Howard County Historical Society and serves as the location of the Howard County Museum.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "The Seiberling Family History". Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ^ "Historic House Museums in Indiana". Archived 2008-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Victorian Preservation Association Website. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes E. Wayne Martin (July 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Seiberling Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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